The number of older people in prisons is increasing across the globe. Many have poor physical and mental health, higher prevalence of head injury, cognitive impairment and dementia than found in community populations. Meeting the complex needs of this vu
She was hunched over her computer, sitting cross-legged on the floor when I pushed open the heavy door to Short-pants‘ bedroom. Fully dressed, ready for school, her purse already draped over her shoulder as though she might need to jump up and sprint out the door at a moment’s notice...
Jim was always happy to watch activities but never got involved. Until the day he attended a football quiz — and shocked everyone by shouting out the answers! When the activities organiser discovered that Jim was a big Hearts fan, he organised a trip to Hampden Park’s Scottish Football Mus...
Agitation associated with dementia covers a large group of behaviors occurring in patients with Alzheimer’s disease, such as pacing, gesturing, profanity, shouting, shoving, and hitting.[5]Symptoms of agitation are also a consistent predictor of nursing home admission in patients with d...
Agitation associated with dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease covers a large group of behaviors occurring in patients with this condition, such as pacing, gesturing, profanity, shouting, shoving and hitting.7Symptoms of agitation are also a consistent predictor of nursing home admission in ...
When carrying out a search make all people assisting aware: –That shouting the person’s name can make them feel threatened which could prevent them from making themselves known. –When feeling threatened a person with dementia experiences tunnel vision and will therefore follow a path directly ...
(How I long to be lonely now! There is always someone in shouting distance, interrupting or needing my attention. What a luxury, those angst-filled lonely days!) An extra day in Copenhagen was designated for a tour of that distant chapter of my life. It started with a local train to ...
If the patient is deaf or requires hearing aids, ensure the battery is working, and the aid is correctly placed to enhance hearing ability. Shouting usually increases the pitch of the voice and does not help with hearing. Glare makes it more difficult for the patient to read the care provid...
members, and caregivers.10-11Agitation covers a large group of behaviors occurring in patients with Alzheimer’s dementia, and it is an excessive/inappropriate manifestation of “normal” human emotions and behaviors. Such behaviors include pacing, gesturing, profanity, shouting, shoving...
She had normal cranial signs and normal limb motor, reflex, sensory, and cerebellar function. There were no signs of meningeal irritation or involuntary movements. Three years after clinical onset, she developed inappropriate laughing, shouting, and a marked disinhibition, shown, for example, in ...